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October 19, 2015
David Stevens worked hard as an engineer and inventor, and he loved to run. The 53-year-old would jog and go for long bike rides with his wife on the weekends, neighbors said Wednesday.
But police say Stevens’ jog Monday morning at White Rock Lake had fateful, unfortunate timing. A former Texas A&M football star, Thomas Linze Johnson, 21, picked Stevens, completely at random, and hacked him to death with a machete-type weapon, police said.
Stevens lived in Sunnyvale with his wife, Patti, a physical therapist.
Patti Stevens released a statement Wednesday afternoon:
“This is a horrible, senseless tragedy and we are devastated with the loss of such a wonderful man. It has created a huge hole in our hearts. As his family and friends begin to grieve, we would appreciate being given our privacy during this most difficult time,” she said.
A spokeswoman for General Electric, where David Stevens worked as a senior engineer, said his colleagues declined to talk today.
Stevens’ neighbors said the couple were friendly but quiet and largely stayed to themselves. They expressed shock over what happened.
“That’s a horrible way to die,” said neighbor Michael Knight, 54. “It’s terrible. They’re such sweet people.”
Another neighbor George Woodrow, 66, said he always saw Stevens leave his house early in the morning in sweatpants and sneakers to drive somewhere to go running.
Stevens was a giving neighbor who would sometimes bring out dog treats and help Woodrow train his bulldog, Bo, in their adjacent backyards. When Woodrow admired Stevens’ yard flowers, Stevens provided him with gardening advice.
“He was just a real gentleman, very kind, just a great neighbor,” said Woodrow. “I always saw him in jogging clothes. I read about it in the paper and didn’t realize it was him and thought, ‘How tragic.’ Now everybody’s just really in disbelief.”
